this post was submitted on 07 Feb 2024
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[–] [email protected] 85 points 7 months ago (4 children)

Which beetle looks like a giraffe?

The Giraffe Wevil! It's insane that these exist. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Giraffe_weevil

[–] [email protected] 23 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Fine body like a construction crane.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 7 months ago

Me when I meet a tall suitor

[–] [email protected] 18 points 7 months ago (1 children)
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[–] [email protected] 13 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Weevils are very cool. I only recently became aware of them.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 7 months ago (2 children)
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[–] [email protected] 2 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

Why, pray, is the shortest watch called the "dog watch"? Because it's CUR-TAILED! Hah! I have you sir, you're dished!

Killick, Killick there! Light along with the Madiera!

The Aubrey-Maturin books are some of my dearest favorites, and the movie is great fun too.

[–] Alexstarfire 49 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Dude made crabs countless times. He can't even remember what he makes.

[–] [email protected] 22 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Cancer, crabs, it's all connected

[–] [email protected] 6 points 7 months ago

Stop asking about the cancer! He said to trust the Beatles.

[–] [email protected] 28 points 7 months ago

These godjaks or whatever are the best trend in a while I've seen over there

[–] [email protected] 11 points 7 months ago

I always believed in You. But only for the bad things. I humbly and respectfully thank You for making the ways in which You work less mysterious.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 7 months ago (1 children)

I wish to hear more about this master plan of his.

[–] [email protected] 15 points 7 months ago

I hear it involves giving cancer to little kids.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Fireflies are beetles as well, perhaps even my favorite.

[–] [email protected] 16 points 7 months ago

I'm too lazy to fact check this, so it must be true

[–] Gradually_Adjusting 8 points 7 months ago

Anon caught some ennui off a Discworld novel

[–] [email protected] 7 points 7 months ago

an inordinate fondness for beetles

[–] _lilith 4 points 7 months ago

Fucker made cockroaches and is probably proud because they are so resilient. This is a beatle planet that happens to have humans

[–] [email protected] 3 points 7 months ago
[–] Starkstruck 3 points 7 months ago

Given that like 25% of all known species are beetles this seems to track

[–] [email protected] 2 points 7 months ago

beetles would have had sentience first but they didnt eat the apple